Blue Nose Group

The Blue Nose Group is a lead, copper, and mercury mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,902 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Blue Nose Group
Secondary: May Include Indian Lode 1-3 Claims
Secondary: Larson Prospect
Secondary: Bn Claims, Nbmg Sample Sites 1734, 1735

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Viola District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Holt, J. L., V. G., And M. F.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1944
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults, Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification And Mineralization Of Limestone Exposed At Surface

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES 1734, 1735 CONTAIN 10 AND 50 PPM AG, 1000 AND 0 PPM AS, 5000 AND GREATER THAN 500 PPM BA, 70 AND 500 PPM CU, 200 AND 2000 PPM PB, 0 AND 2000 PBSB, 100 AND 2000 PPM SR, 1000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): AN ADIT AT ALTITUDE 4759 FT, DRIVEN NE INTO LIMESTONE HILL FOR ABOUT 200 FT; A SECOND ADIT 0.5 MILE TO THE NE, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, BULLDOZER CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS, INCLINED STOPE OR RAISE

Comment (Geology): BEDDING STRIKES N45W, DIP 35 NE

Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO CRYSTAL PROSPECT. 20 OR MORE CLAIMS EXTENDING SSW FROM A POINT 0.5 MILE SW OF BLUE NOSE PEAK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): THE FIRST 5 BLUE NOSE CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1944 BY CHARLES LARSON WHO REPORTED ANNUAL EXPLORATION UNTIL 1957. PROBABLY, THE SMALL MERCURY PRODUCTION CREDITED TO THE BLUE NOSE GROUP CAME FROM THE ADJACENT CRYSTAL CLAIMS, ALSO ONCE HELD BY LARSON. SHALLOW SURFACE EXPLORATION WORK (DOZER SCRAPING) HAS BEEN DONE SOUTH AND EAST OF WORKINGS. OUTCROP AND DUMP SAMPLING OF THE WORKINGS HAS BEEN DONE WITHIN THE PAST YEAR OR TWO.

Comment (Deposit): LIMESTONE IS SILICIFIED AND MINERALIZED, AND IN DUMPS SHOWS COPPER AND LEAD MINERALS AS WELL AS IRON STAINING. ADIT APPEARS TO FOLLOW A N70 E VERTICAL TO STEEPLY SE-DIPPING SHEAR ZONE IN JASPEROID AND QUARTZITE BUT TURNS NW TO EXPLORE MAIN SILICIFIED ZONE. ROCKS AT PORTAL ARE FRACTURED AND CALCITEVEINED. LIMESTONE PREDOMINATES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF N 70 E FAULT WHILE QUARTZITE AND JASPEROID FROM RESISTANT KNOBBY OUTCROPS ON SOUTH SIDE. JASPEROIDS COVER MUCH OF THE AREA SURROUNDING THE WORKINGS. SAMPLE 1734 WAS TAKEN FROM THE ADIT DUMP AND CONSISTS OF FE-STAINED BRECCIATED VUGGY, GOSSANY, HIGHLY SILICEOUS MOTTLED GREY JASPEROID. SMALL IRON-STAINED BRECCIA VEINS CUT THROUGH ROCK; SOME QUARTZITE FRAGMENTS OCCUR IN BRECCIA, BUT MAINLY THE FRAGMENTS ARE LIMESTONE. THE SLOPE FOLLOWS A SILICIFIED QUARTZ AND BARITE-VEINED, JASPEROID FAULT ZONE STRIKING N 40 W, DIP 35 NE. HANGING WALL IS QUARTZITE, FOOTWALL IS GREY LIMESTONE. LIMESTONE BEDS ARE TRUNCATED BY A HIGH-ANGLE FAULT ZONE, BUT

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZITE BEDDING PARALLELS FAULT. NEAR FAULT CONTACT, LIMESTONE IS BRECCIATED, SILICIFIED AND CEMENTED BY VUGGY BARITE AND QUARTZ, FORMING A QUARTZ-VEINED JASPEROID. HONEYCOMBED POROUS QUARTZ, BARITE AND C

References

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9/21/83.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1965, I.C.8252, P. 280-281

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73.

Reference (Deposit): MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED NBMG MANUSCRIPT.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.